Robots in the workforce, healthcare settings, manufacturing, defense and the home are an accelerating reality. The AI-enhanced technology has advanced significantly in recent years. Implications are vast for the future of employment, logistics, innovation, trust/human connection, mental health, workplace safety, consumer goods and services, insurance, investing and more.

Promenade works with an expanding range of thought leaders who cover the technology, advancements by industry, ethics and related aspects. Sample topics are below. Many are covered by experts whose full profiles we cannot publicly post. Ask us for more about those speakers as interest arises. 

Shelly Palmer – Inventor, Author, Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at the Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with tech strategy & solutions.

Dr. Aadeel Akhtar – PhD, CEO and Founder of PSYONIC, which makes advanced AI-powered bionic limbs for humans and robots. Appeared on Shark Tank, securing a three-shark deal for One Million Dollars.

Marita Cheng – Rising AI & Technology Star, Entrepreneur, TEDx Speaker, Inventor of Robots that help Seniors, Disabled and Hospitalized People.

Dr. Ken Goldberg – President, Robot Learning Foundation. Award-winning Artist, Roboticist, Filmmaker, and UC Berkeley Engineering Professor. Emerging trends in Artificial Intelligence and Robots.

Jason Schenker – Economist, Tech and Workforce Futurist

Byron Reese – Futurist, technologist, Publisher. Author of “Infinite Progress” and “Fourth Age”

Pascal Bornet – Pioneer in Intelligent Automation (IA) and author of the best-seller book “Intelligent Automation.” Regularly ranked as one of the top 10 global experts in Artificial Intelligence and Automation. A senior executive with 20+ years of experience leading digital transformations.

Kevin Surace – Father of the Virtual Assistant and a Silicon Valley innovator with 95 patents, serial entrepreneur, CEO and futurist.

Speech Topics:

-AI, Quantum, and Robotics: Governing the Next Great Transformation in Risk and Workforce

-Dreaming of a Better Life With Machines

-AI and Automation… It’s impact on your life and your company

-The Future of Human-Robot Interaction.

-AI and Robots in the Roaring 2020’s: A Post-Pandemic Surge in Productivity

-“Robot Data Gap”